Hands-On Manufacturing Test & Debug Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AST SpaceMobile in Austin, TX is hiring two hands-on Manufacturing Test & Debug Engineers/Technicians to support the setup, ramp-up, and ongoing operation of our electronics manufacturing and test line Midband in Austin, Texas.

This production-floor role focuses on keeping the line running, rapidly identifying and resolving technical issues, supporting electronic assemblies throughout manufacturing and test, and maintaining high yields and equipment availability.

Qualifications

• Strong practical experience in electronics troubleshooting and board-level debugging.
• Experience in electronic manufacturing, production test, or similar technical environments.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, test procedures, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support installation, setup, qualification, ramp-up, and ongoing operation of manufacturing and test stations.
• Provide hands-on engineering support directly on the production floor.
• Troubleshoot and debug electronic assemblies, including RF and mixed-signal boards.
• Diagnose failures at board, component, connector, cable, fixture/jig, instrumentation, and test-station level.
• Read and understand electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, test procedures, and technical documentation.
• Perform systematic fault isolation, failure analysis, and root-cause analysis.
• Troubleshoot and repair production test fixtures, jigs, cables, connectors, interfaces, and test equipment.
• Support preventive maintenance and ensure continuous readiness of production test equipment.
• Respond rapidly to production-line failures and minimize equipment and line downtime.
• Analyze recurring failures and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Improve FPY, yield, throughput, test stability, and equipment availability, with a target production yield of 98% or better.
• Provide structured feedback to Manufacturing, Test Engineering, Quality, R&D, NPI, and Operations teams.
• Document failures, root causes, corrective actions, and lessons learned.
• Support the transition from NPI and production ramp-up into stable volume manufacturing.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Test equipment

Root-cause analysis

Reading schematics

PCB debugging

Education

B.Sc. Electrical/Electronics

Associates degree

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzer

Multimeters

Power supplies

Job description

AST SpaceMobile in Austin, TX is hiring two hands-on Manufacturing Test & Debug Engineers/Technicians to support the setup, ramp-up, and ongoing operation of our electronics manufacturing and test line Midband in Austin, Texas.

This production-floor role focuses on keeping the line running, rapidly identifying and resolving technical issues, supporting electronic assemblies throughout manufacturing and test, and maintaining high yields and equipment availability.